This is an analysis of the poem The New Path that begins with:

We stand in the light of a dawning day,
With its glory creation flushing;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dbdb efeX efefdXdf gcgcfefe gbgbdbdb fbfb eheh bbbbeiei XhXdjbjX dfdfcbcb fifi ckXkXfbfbagag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,8,8,4,4,8,8,8,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100100101 001001010 101000100101 10111110 1010100101 01101010 0101001011 101001110 1101100101 00111010 1111101011 101100010 1011101101 11001010 0101001001 1101110 10111001001 10011100 1101100101 101001010 1110100101 01111100 1100101101 00101010 1110100101 01101110 1101110101 00101010 0110111111 001010010 1101110101 11110010 1110110101 01101010 1010100101 100111010 1100100101 01001010 0101100111 11011010 1110100111 10101110 1110110111 001001110 11110100101 11101010 0011110111 10101010 10111101001 101001010 11101101101 01101010 0111111101 11011010 1011110101 001010010 1101100101 01001010 0010110100 101001001 1110111101 01001010 01011011001 10111010 1100111101 11010010 1011110101 001010010 0101111011 100101010 10101011111 01101010 0101101001 10111010 0011110101 11101110 1100111101 01101010 1010110100 00101110 1111101101 10101110 0111011001 11101010 1100011101 01001010 0110101111 01101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 244
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 88
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The New Path;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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